Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-05-04-Speech-1-998"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-05-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trade in seal products (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090504.21.1-998"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-05-04-Speech-1-1852
lpv:speaker	lp:Lasse Lehtinen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". It is understandable that the EU should try to make goodwill gestures towards its citizens prior to the elections, but this time the Commission is treading on thin ice. If Europe attempts to ban or restrict the traditions of other democratic countries, goodwill might just come back later and slap it in the face. I await the day when the United States of America or Australia wake up to the fact that there is bullfighting in Spain and elk hunting in Finland. Each year in my country, Finland, fishermen catch a few hundred seals, because the seal population has soared and will soon threaten fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. The compromise reached with the Council means that fishermen can carry on as before as long as they do not make a profit. It is a principle of mine not to support laws compliance with which cannot be monitored, but the compromise is definitely an improvement on the result of the Committee’s vote."@en1

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